By Pandit Dasa – Mindful Leadership Expert, Motivational Speaker and Author The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed our lives almost overnight. Our routines have been disrupted and the way we interact with each other, when face-to-face, is with tremendous care and caution. We are faced with the…
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The Best Speakers on Wellbeing
What is the key to surviving the pandemic? In discussions with our top speakers on leadership and our clients, leaders across a huge range of Fortune 500 organizations, the answer is simple: investment in employee wellbeing. The single biggest struggle facing organizations as the pandemic drags…
The Small Change to Endure the Pandemic
By Dr. Tasha Eurich – Organizational Psychologist and Speaker on Leadership & Teamwork With summer vacation off the table this year, I’ve taken to reliving my favorite trips of the past. One gave me a valuable insight about coping in a COVID world, so I wanted to…
Leaders: Remove Your Bulletproof Vests
By Chester Elton & Adrian Gostick Speakers on Organizational Culture, Employee Engagement and Leadership We were chatting with a CEO last week about the crisis that is 2020 and how it has affected employees’ mental health. He confided, “As leaders, it’s time to remove our…
5 Steps to Booking a Speaker
In March, our world changed and the speaking business was not immune. With grace & skill, our great speakers rose to the occasion, developing fascinating and inspiring content that they could deliver virtually. The good news is that booking a speaker with The Sweeney Agency is as easy as…
Stay Standing: Hitting Turbulence
By Janet Lapp, Expert on Change and Employee Motivation A few years ago, my small plane and I were flying in clouds, when unexpected severe turbulence hit, and the aircraft became hard to control. We train for these moments. If everything suddenly seems out of control,…
Top 10 Trending Speakers of Summer 2020
The world changed in unprecedented ways in early 2020 and the effects of those changes are being felt on a global scale. With approximately 40 million people working remotely or working from home across North America right now, we have had to shift our ways of thinking about our businesses…
13 Habits of Mentally Tough People
By Brent Gleeson – – Navy Seal Combat Veteran & Motivational Leadership Speaker “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison Mental toughness is paramount for achieving any lofty goal or overcoming extreme hurdles. Few great things in this world come without a…
First Things First: Recognizing & Adapting to Change
By Whitney Johnson, Author and Co-Founder, with Clayton Christensen, Rose Park Advisors’ Disruptive Innovation Fund One day, a few weeks ago, I had a plan. I often do. I had a plan, but the plan had to change. They often do. My intent was to…
How to Create & Build Diversity and Inclusion
Marilyn Tam, leadership, diversity & inclusion keynote speaker shares her top 5 tips on how you can create a diverse and inclusive workplace, and how this will benefit your organization. Learn more about Marilyn Tam, leadership, diversity & inclusion keynote speaker for virtual and live events via The Sweeney Agency Speakers Bureau.